Nancy from Playboy US got in touch via the Real Couples website earlier this year and after much internal discussion at STM HQ it was agreed I should assist them on producing a reportage they wanted to do about the site. Normally I um-ah about such things especially where British TV comes in but these guys were flying in from the US specially and I was quick to realise the potential doing such a show could have on raising the profile of the Real Couples site and of course, muy profile in association with it. I considered the downsides of another cameraman getting in the way of the shoot which I've experienced with my time working alongside John Mason. After months of planning I considered the aforementioned couples as suitable candidates to assist me on this project for several reasons.
One being that most normal couples would not have agreed to be filmed by anyone outside of me that was going to give them more exposure outside of the internet and dvd/ cable sales/ broadcast.
Two, the ability to perform in such circumstances with 2 different crews at the same time. Other factors aside, I considered my choices wisely with those who would indeed benefit from this opportunity.
Then before the moment came to pass, I decided I wanted to shoot the hard versions to make sure I didn't compromise on the quality of shoot the patrons of the site had come to know and respect, feeling, had I done everything, stills hard and soft versions on the day, I would have tired myself and my performers out to the point it would have been an uninspired shoot. It turned out this was a wise decision. After much shifting of dates I finally got round to shooting Taylor and Pete whom I met at the BGAFD . Taylor suggested I shoot them for Real Couples. The interesting thing was, I knew Taylor and Pete were not an item in the traditional sense, being more fuck buddies who met up on a porn shoot and hit it off so well, they socialise and have sex off camera with no remuneration for their cadences. The fact they are steady fuck buddies qualifies in my opinion and it showed on the day. I would describe Taylor as a drivng force in all the scenes she appears in. My earliest experience of her was on a shoot coming out soon on Naughty Shorties six with Mark Sloan, before her boob job where shehad blond hair. The personality hasn't changed one bit, just the looks that I would describe as “more extreme” in keeping with her sexual persona.
